GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| decipher | decode |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| frigid | intensely cold |